lemon raspberry cupcakes

Surprises are funny, you either love ’em or you hate ’em.
Scratch that. That’s not true at all. It just sounded like a good hook for this post.
Personally, I’m in the middle.

Sometimes, I like to be in the know. For example, I set
different ringtones for different people. It takes the anxiety out of
texting. I know whether to stop and reach into my bag on a crowded
escalator, whether to start whistling and
pretend it never went off, or whether to go into full-on panic mode. Do other
people do this? Discuss.

filled with raspberry jam

Other times, I love to be surprised — like when I bite into one of these seemingly simple cupcakes and discover that they’re filled with my favorite raspberry jam.
One thing’s for sure, I love to surprise people. On Friday, I organized a surprise birthday dinner for my friend Erin’s 16th birthday. I told her I wanted to go shopping with her at Bloomies (I bought a pair of shoes for the cause 😉 — but I had actually invited ten of our closest friends for a big surprise dinner at Maggianos. There were a few times that my plan was almost went awry — like when she suggested we go to the mall instead of Bloomies, when I almost asked her in P.E. class what she was going to wear to her surprise dinner (god Erica…), and when the hostess almost led us to our own table for two at Maggianos.

However in the end, the surprise worked out perfectly, and the look on her face when she saw all of our friends was priceless.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin tin with paper liners or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, beat together the cake and pudding
mixes, sour cream, oil, eggs, vanilla and water. Beat
for about two minutes until well combined.
Distribute the batter between 24 muffin wells; about 3 tablespoons of batter per well.
Bake in preheated oven for 18-22 minutes or until the tops of the cakes
spring back when lightly touched. Allow cupcakes to cool inside muffin
tins for about 10 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool completely.

11 thoughts on “lemon raspberry cupcakes”

I, personally, usually like surprises. For instance, if someone surprised me with these cupcakes, I would LOVE it. Some surprises stress me out though. 😛 These do look amazing though! Love that they're flavored with lemon pudding mix! That's really smart. Definitely need to try these – those preserves are the best!-Rachel @ Bakerita.com

Hahaha I lovee your posts. No, I do not do that thing with different ring tones for different people but I totally should!! Because it makes me feel like an ass when I pull out my phone, look at a message, and don't respond. Stopping at the ring tone would make me feel much better! 🙂

And I love surprises! In theory. I was really graceless when my friend threw me a surprise bday party that I sort of knew about (walked into the room whimpering "please don't jump out, please don't surprise me" hahaha). But that is so sweet about your friend's surprise bday dinner and hilarious that you almost spilled the beans! I did a similar thing for my sister and it actually went totally awry since I meant to surprise her at her apartment but she was at school and so all the friends who were meant to surprise her at her apartment instead…surprised her from a really packed car. Ha.

This is great! I am a high schooler who loves to bake as well! Except most of the time I just look at cupcakes online while I am supposed to be learning Biology. I actually have time to cook now, and I would make these, except we don't have any lemon cake mix, or pudding mix. The suprise story was really funny because I just threw my best friend a suprise party. But, 2 days before the event she sent out a facebook message asking a bunch of people to come bowling on her birthday! And I had not invited all of them to the party! So, all the people I did invite said that they could not come so she would cancel it. It worked! But, we felt so bad. She had a great party though!

Hahaha I completely sympathize with you. I am ALWAYS on Pinterest looking at cupcakes and such when I am supposed to be studying Chemistry… No way! I am glad your surprise party turned out (although that would be slightly awkward). But nonetheless, that's what high school's for right? Awkward situations that turn out ok in the end 😉 Please feel free to shoot me an email anytime, I love to talk to teenage baking bloggers! Also, if you want to send me a link to your facebook profile, I can add you to a fun, teenage baking group that I started.